Omar L. Gallaga writes about technology culture for the Austin American-Statesman. He's worked for more than nine years at the Austin American-Statesman and edited Technopolis, the newspaper's personal tech section, and ¡ahora sí!, Austin's Spanish-language newspaper. He's been a writer and performer with Austin's award-winning Latino Comedy Project and is a contributing writer for Television Without Pity, MSNBC.com's books section and The Almost Late Show with Bobby Bones. He writes a comic strip, "Space Monkeys!" with his brother, Pablo, and lives in New Braunfels with his wife and three technologically savvy cats.
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By Omar Gallaga
| Thursday, April 24, 2008, 04:37 PM
It seems incredible that there are still shortages of the Nintendo Wii, the $250 game console that debuted way back in November 2006. Nevertheless, this is the world in which we live: not enough Wiis, way too many empty-handed individuals who want to flail their arms in front of their TVs.
Toys ‘R’ Us says it’s getting a big Wii shipment that will be made available on Sunday. That’s also the day that the new racing game “Mario Kart Wii” debuts.
If you’ve been burned by going to a store and standing in line only to come away Wii-less, there’s hope. The retailer is taking $200 down payments on the system. They expect to get about 50 systems per store.
There are three locations in the area, so that means 150 new Wii owners should be getting happy on Sunday.
Here’s a copy of the online ad that got the attention of gaming sites, including this one:
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